CT 53, 930 + 967 (P314339)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 930 + 967 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314339 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [The king's word to ...l]î: [I am well], you [can be gl]ad. |
| Obverse [2:11] o 33–o 1111 | [Ahabû] is [no]w co[ming to y]ou. [Make] everything ready for him [quickly]! [...] my garments (and) the garments [of] my [two] sons, [and give him] wool, [x] sesame, a corres[ponding] (amount of) wine, [mul]es and camels! ... [from] Sî-abu 20 minas of silver! |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | Count out emmer, barley, wheat (and) grapes according to the market price and give them to his manservant! Get the (relevant) document and destroy it! |
| Obverse [15:20] o 1616–o 2020 | Review the rams, deposit šupuhru-cedar! Inspect the threshing floors of the gardeners, write (a report) on a writing-board and send it to me via Amurrî! |
| Obverse [20:30] o 2121– | Let Ahabû bring the farmers, shepherds, (and) gardeners with him, (and) let their accounts be made! Determine the barley given as a loan, write to me, (and) I will call my official to account. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | It will be sufficient for my people, and you will keep silent. (But) why on earth did La-qepu do (it)? I said he is an old ram, a follower! |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Stalls, weak and poor [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | You have put in your ... |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | May nobody be unreliable and make difficulties! One should not see your [...]! Let [...] in the villages! Inspect the farmers! |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [Until the ...] of the country has been pierced, encourage the [sheph]erds, (and) [...] do your (pl.) [wor]k! |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | I will receive the royal [...]. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | [...] ... [I shall com]e [to] ... and Harran, venerate my gods, and honour my house. |
| Reverse [19:22] r 2020–r 2222 | As to those women [about whom] I [...] wrote to you, did you see [......]? |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | [......] in the house |
| Reverse [23:25] r 2424– | [......] said: |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 25r.e. 25–r.e. 25r.e. 25 | "[......] come!" |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-bat LUGAL a-na {1}x]-⸢li⸣-i | |
| 2 | [DI-mu a.a-ši] ⸢ŠA₃-ka⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu DUG₃-ka an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ {1}PAB-bu-u] | |
| 4 | [ina UGU-hi]-⸢ka⸣ il-⸢la⸣-[ka] | |
| 5 | [ar₂-hiš] ⸢KASKAL⸣ ina GIR₃.2-MEŠ\m-šu₂ [o] | |
| 6 | [šu-kun] ku-zip-pi-ia ku-zip-pi | |
| 7 | [ša 02 DUMU-MEŠ\m-ia SIG₂-MEŠ\m | |
| 8 | [x x x] {še}GIŠ.I₃-MEŠ\m GEŠTIN mit-⸢hur-ru⸣ | |
| 9 | {[anše}ku]-⸢din⸣-MEŠ\m {anše}gam-mal-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | [di-na-aš₂-šu₂] 20 MA.NA KUG.UD <$x$> | |
| 11 | [TA IGI] {1}si-i—AD <$su$>-ur-ha | |
| 12 | {šep}ZIZ₂-MEŠ {šep}PAD-MEŠ {še}GIG-MEŠ\m | |
| 13 | {giš}KIN.GEŠTIN\p-MEŠ\m ki-i KI.LAM | |
| 14 | mu-nu a-na {lu₂p}TUR-šu₂ | |
| 15 | di-ni\d e-gir₂-tu₂ iṣ-ṣa <$ṣa$> | |
| 16 | mu-ru\d-uq UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ\m a-šur | |
| 17 | {[giš}ERIN.BAD-MEŠ\m kur-ru\d <$x x+x]+⸢x$> | |
| 18 | ad-ri ša\ydm {lu₂p}NU.GIŠ.SAR\m-MEŠ\m | |
| 19 | a-mur ina ŠA₃-bi {giš}LI\d.U₅.UM | |
| 20 | šu-ṭur ina ŠU.2 {1}IM.04-i | |
| 21 | še-bi-la {1}PAB\d-bu-u | |
| 22 | {lu₂p}ENGAR-MEŠ\m {lu₂p}SIPA-MEŠ\m | |
| 23 | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}NU.GIŠ.SAR\p-MEŠ\m | |
| b.e. | ||
| 24 | is-si-šu₂ lu-bi-la-ni | |
| 25 | NIG₂.ŠID-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu lu-up-pi-šu\m | |
| 26 | {še}PAD-MEŠ\m ša\ydm ina pu-u-hi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ta-di-na-ni\d pu-ru-us | |
| 2 | šup-ra a-na-ku ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}EN—pi-qit-tu₂-ia {lu₂v}EN—pi-qit-tu₂-ia | |
| 3 | lu-ba\t-ʾi-a TA IGI UN-MEŠ\m-ia | |
| 4 | i-sa-ap-[pi]-qa ⸢at⸣-ta qa\d-la-ka | |
| 5 | a-na mi-nim-ma {1}la—⸢qe⸣-pu | |
| 6 | e-pu-uš mu-uk\tdp LU₂ kab-su | |
| 7 | rad-di-u šu-u₂ TUR₃-MEŠ\m | |
| 8 | an-šu ma-ki-u tu-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 9 | at-ta ina ⸢ŠA₃ da⸣-te-ka tas-sa-⸢kan⸣ ṣa-ad | |
| 10 | man-nu-ma ⸢lu la⸣ i-⸢sa⸣-ma-[x]-a | |
| 11 | lu ⸢la⸣ ip-par-ri-hi ⸢ti⸣-[x]-ka | |
| 12 | ⸢la e-mar⸣ ina {uru}ŠE-MEŠ\m-ti\t lu | |
| 13 | [x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ENGAR-⸢MEŠ\m⸣ a-mur | |
| 14 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ša\ydm KUR pat₂-hat-u₂-ni\d | |
| 15 | [x x x {lu₂]}⸢SIPA⸣-MEŠ\m ŠA₃-bu ša\ydm-aš₂-kin | |
| 16 | [x x dul]-⸢la⸣-ku-nu ep-ša₂ a-na-ku | |
| 17 | [x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-mah-har | |
| 18 | [x x x] ni su tu₂ ma u₃ {uru}KASKAL | |
| 19 | [al-la]-⸢ka⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ\m-ia a-pal-lah₃ re-eš E₂-ia | |
| 20 | [a-na-aš₂]-ši ina UGU-hi MI₂-MEŠ\m am-ma-te | |
| 21 | [ša x x]+⸢x⸣-ni ⸢aš₂⸣-pu-rak-kan-ni\d-ni | |
| 22 | [x x x x] ʾa ⸢x⸣ ta-ta-ma-a-ra | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x]-ra ina E₂ [o] | |
| 24 | [x x x x x x]-bi ma-a | |
| r.e. | ||
| 25 | [x x x x x x x] al-ka-ni\d | |
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